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Hi. Congratulations on your acceptance into medical school. That's a great achievement at such a young age. I graduated at the age of 22 with a BSN and have been working as a staff nurse for 2 years now. I am currently finishing up my first year at NYU, I am in the adult nurse practitioner program. I have 4 semesters left. Now that you know my background, here's my 2 cents: Go to medical school. I understand that you always wanted to be a nurse. But the fact of the matter is, if you have the opportunity to GIVE the orders, why follow the route that forces you to have to TAKE them? Medical school is a wonderful opportunity for autonomy and responsibility. Yes, you will dedicate your life to medical school. It may be consuming. But if you love it, then it's a career that's worth it. Listen, I'm dating a surgeon and I can't tell you the number of times the hospital pages him and 2 seconds later I find myself sitting alone at the restaurant finishing up my glass of wine. Being a doctor will consume your life, but so long as you can manage your time, it shouldn't be a problem. I would NOT take nursing pre-reqs with med school pre-reqs at the same time...unless you can strategically spread out the hard classes and balance them with easy classes. It sounds easy enough to keep your GPA above 3.5 but it's really not...especially when you're taking orgo with physiology and anatomy and OMG you HAD to go to that party last night (listen, you ARE in college, right? you still need to enjoy it). If you're so concerned, some medical school pre-reqs satisfy nursing pre-reqs. The rest, like psych 101 and sociology 101, can be taken over the summer. That way, you can major in nursing. You have to have a major anyway. Pre-med is not a major. I'm not trying to put my career down. But nursing can be a very thankless job with little to no respect filled with abusive patients (and family members....and some doctors) and lots of physical labor. If medical school doesn't work out, you can always reconsider nursing later on. Your actions are not set in stone so relax. For now, don't give up such a wonderful opportunity that I'm sure you worked really hard for! Good luck.

FNPhopeful: thanks. good luck! if I took more science courses (because let's say i got waitlisted), and this ends up lowering my GPA, would nursing schools see this new GPA? Nathalie: thank you, Nathalie. I live in Queens, New York. Do i really have a better chance if i apply to private schools? Sammi15: wow, congratulations. That's really impressive. I actually wanted to try NYU but they don't have an undergraduate BSN program. yes, It's also about who fulfills the requirements THE BEST. *yikes! Roy Fokker: thank youu nikkif: good luck on your interview! Future_RN_Jess: hi! thanks for your reply. hm, so perhaps private school really IS a better route? I keep reading about waiting lists...what happens if you are waitlisted for a school? Do you just wait? By the end of this academic year, I will have completed all my pre-reqs so I don't know if it would make sense to continue college if I have nothing to take...what would you suggest? thanks for your replies! that was quick :)

Hi. I'm currently a sophomore undergraduate and I am applying to nursing schools right now (BSN). I am planning on applying to 4...i hope that is enough. one of the schools expects about 700 applications but can only offer 40 seats. the other school expects 800 applications but can only offer 80 seats. i can't recall the other two schools but I know they are steep too. I am deathly afraid of being rejected by all 4 because it just seems too impossible to actually get into any of them. are all BSN programs as highly competitive as these? (I live in New York, by the way.) I'm not a strong applicant. My GPA is only 3.6 and will probably go down after this semester. what should i do?? please help. any feedback/advice is appreciated! :wink2: